To Siletz Tribal members:
I’m a man who if I was wrong, I would be the first to admit my mistake. A few
months ago I asked if your inherit rights are being protected or addressed in the Siletz
newspaper. The current Siletz Tribal Council did address our inherit rights by lobbying
Congress to pass a bill acknowledging our original 1855 Coast Reservation boundaries.
With persistence and dedication of Tribal Council, Congress passed this bill.
Tribal members, I admit that I was wrong and apologize before you all to the Siletz
Tribal Council. I want to say thank you to the Siletz Tribal Council for protecting our
inherit rights to the original 1855 boundaries of Siletz people.
May the Creator of all good things bless you and your family.
Thank you for your time,
Frank Aspria Sr.
Courtesy photos by Chinook Winds Casino Resort staff
The new Oyster Bar at Chinook’s Seafood Grill opened March 25. These two
photos show two of the oyster recipes available at the bar – a Bloody Mary
Shooter (above) and a Wasabi Shooter (below) – that opens at 11:30 a.m. daily.
The Oyster Bar has been a vision for a long time and the construction was done
with in-house staff. The Culinary Team, lead by Executive Chef Jack Strong, put
together a tasty menu.
To the editor:
Hello, my name is Randall Hartwell. I want to send a letter of apology out to every-
one I have hurt, offended or scared. I have been out of control. On drugs, in denial,
blaming everyone buy myself.
I want to say that I am the problem. I’ve refused help offered to me from my family,
from the Tribe – both drug and alcohol, and mental health. I am not a child and there
is no good excuse. There is only the reality that I have behaved terribly.
Thinking back on it, I am ashamed. I have disrespected my Auntie LaVonne, my
mother Everetta and even the Tribe. I hope in time I can make amends and be forgiven.
For my most recent actions, I have a year in county jail and no one to blame but
myself. For those I have hurt, I sincerely apologize. Please forgive me and let me back
into your lives.
I have been to state hospital and am taking medication. My sleep and thinking are
much better and clearer now. Hopefully, next year we can try again.
Love,
Randall Hartwell
For more information about the Siletz Tribe, please visit ctsi.nsn.us.
Native Wisdom Film Festival to show
documentaries, 2 about Oregon Tribes
First Nations sets new grants record
LONGMONT, Colo. – For the second
year in a row, First Nations Development
Institute (First Nations) set a new organiza-
tional record in 2016 in grants and dollars
awarded to American Indian organizations
and Tribes during a one-year period.
The funding went toward projects
aimed at grassroots economic community
development efforts in Native communities.
In 2016, First Nations awarded a
record 175 grants totaling more than
$2.8 million. Cumulatively, since it began
making grants in 1994 through 2016, First
Nations has successfully managed 1,238
grants totaling more than $27 million to
American Indian projects and organiza-
tions in 39 states, the District of Columbia
and U.S. Territory American Samoa.
Siletz News Letters Policy
Siletz News, a publication of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, is
published once a month. Our editorial policy encourages input from readers about
stories printed in Siletz News and other Tribal issues.
All letters must include the author’s signature, address, and phone number in
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Please note: The general manager
of the Siletz Tribe is the editor-in-chief
of Siletz News.
Editor-in-Chief: Brenda Bremner
Editor: Diane Rodriquez
Assistant: Andrea Taylor
Wisdom of the Elder’s long-awaited
Native Wisdom Film Festival is now
scheduled for April 15 at Whitesell Audi-
torium/Portland Art Museum (1219 SW
Park Ave., Portland, Ore. 97205). Tickets
are available at the Northwest Film Center
website (nwfilm.org).
In partnership with the Northwest
Film Center, we will screen all four of
our documentary films featuring Alaskan
Native peoples and Oregon Tribes, their
response to emerging environmental
issues and their rich cultural arts.
Wisdom will screen the series of
short documentaries that have been in
production since 2013. Four films feature
Oregon coastal Tribes, Oregon interior
Tribes, Alaskan Athabascans and Inupiaq
of Alaska. Each of these films features
resilience responses of Oregon Tribes
and Alaskan Native groups that are feel-
ing the impact of emerging climate and
environmental issues.
The trailer for the coastal documen-
tary is available at vimeo.com/207504210.
After the film festival, a series of film
screening and community consultation
events will be held at several places around
the state, including the Oregon Museum
of Science and Industry (April 25), long-
houses at the University of Oregon (April
28-29) and Oregon State University (May
17-20), in Salem near the state capitol
(TBD) and near several Oregon Tribal
communities (TBD).
These events will feature clips from
the documentaries and emerging film-
maker work on Wisdom’s Discovering Our
Story television program.
For more infor mation, contact
Miranda Mishan at miranda@wisdo-
moftheelders.org or call 503-775-4014.
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